limit-concurrency-decorator

Decorator to limit concurrency of async functions

Similar to these libraries, but can be used as decorator:

• throat
• p-limit

Also similar to p-concurrency, but the limit can be enforced over multiple functions.

Install

Installation of the npm package:

> npm install --save limit-concurrency-decorator

Usage

Simply apply the decorator to a method:

import { limitConcurrency } from "limit-concurrency-decorator";

class HttpClient {
  @limitConcurrency(2)
  get() {
    // ...
  }
}

const client = new HttpClient();

// these calls will run in parallel
client.get("http://example.net/");
client.get("http://example2.net/");

// this call will wait for one of the 2 previous to finish
client.get("http://example3.net/");

Or a simple function as a wrapper:

import httpRequest from "http-request-plus";

const httpRequestLimited = limitConcurrency(2)(httpRequest);

// these calls will run in parallel
httpRequestLimited("http://example.net/");
httpRequestLimited("http://example2.net/");

// this call will wait for one of the 2 previous to finish
httpRequestLimited("http://example3.net/");

Or even as a call limiter:

const limiter = limitConcurrency(2)(/* nothing */);

// these calls will run in parallel
limiter(asyncFn, param1, ...);
limiter.call(thisArg, asyncFn, param1, ...);

// this call will wait for one of the 2 previous to finish
limiter.call(thisArg, methodName, param1, ...)

The limit can be shared:

const myLimit = limitConcurrency(2);

class HttpClient {
  @myLimit
  post() {
    // ...
  }

  @myLimit
  put() {
    // ...
  }
}

With FAIL_ON_QUEUE you can fail early instead of waiting:

import { FAIL_ON_QUEUE } from "limit-concurrency-decorator";

try {
  await httpRequestLimited(FAIL_ON_QUEUE, "http://example2.net");
} catch (error) {
  error.message; // 'no available place in queue'
}

Custom termination:

const httpRequestLimited = limitConcurrency(2, async (promise) => {
  const stream = await promise;
  await new Promise((resolve) => {
    stream.on("end", resolve);
    stream.on("error", reject);
  });
})(httpRequest);

// these calls will run in parallel
httpRequestLimited("http://example.net/");
httpRequestLimited("http://example2.net/");

// this call will wait for one of the 2 previous responses to have been read entirely
httpRequestLimited("http://example3.net/");

Contributions

Contributions are very welcomed, either on the documentation or on the code.

You may:

• report any issue you've encountered;
• fork and create a pull request.

License

ISC © Julien Fontanet